Military History Of Zimbabwe
The military history of Zimbabwe chronicles a vast time period and complex events from the dawn of history until the present time. It covers invasions of native peoples of Africa (Shona people, Shona and Matabele people, Ndebele), encroachment by Europeans (Portuguese people, Portuguese, Boer and British people, British settlers), and civil conflict. Early history San and invasion by ironworking cultures Stone Age evidence indicates that the San people, now living mostly in the Kalahari Desert, are the ancestors of this region's original inhabitants, almost 3,000 years ago. There are also remnants of several ironworking cultures dating back to AD 300. Little is known of the early ironworkers, but it is believed that they put pressure on the San and gradually took over the land. Shona rule Around the 8th and 9th centuries the Bantu-speaking Shona people, Shona (Gokomere, Sotho-Tswana and related tribes) arrived from the north and both the San and the early ironworkers were d ...
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